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排偶

Mandarin · pinyin pái ǒu

parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)

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排: pái · row, rank, line
偶: ǒu · accidentally, coincidently; an idol

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2–3 · pai2 ou3

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paai4 ngau5

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